Thank you for helping, Sis. And my left arm? Very much like I figured... no hurt.

Now.. about that 'absent hand'. I KNOW there is a different way to say what I'm trying to say, and I also know that the way I said it is how it's been said many times. You can even do a search on the phrase "ran an absent hand" and find many examples. So, sis... if you got an idea, I would love to hear it. And nope... I'm not bothered by what you said... what bothers me is that *I* can't figure out a better way to write what I did.

And really.. after all this set up, isn't it time I got to the story??